Brush holder and drip catcher



April 23, 1946. M. OLLER BRUSH HOLDER AND DRIP GATCHER Filed March 22; 1944 Patented Apr. 23, 1946 BRUSH HOLDER AND DRIP CATCHER Isaac Melon Oller, Leitchfleld, Ky.

Application March 22, 1944, Serial No. 527,650

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a painters accessory in the nature of a holder which will accommodate a plurality of brushes and will catch the dripping paint therefrom in separate receptacles so that it will not mix and may be used without its color having been affected.

It is further aimed to provide such a structure or attachment as may be readily applied to a paint can, as by means of a hook at the top and by a wire nearer its base adapted to surround the paint can to maintain the attachment upright and stable.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent or may be inferred from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment. I

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation showing the improved holder in place on a paint can;

Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the parts of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken on the plane of line 33 of Figure 1. 2

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts throughout the different views, the improved holder or attachment i generally designated A and may have a container ill, preferably of rectangular form as shown, open at the top and at the front for a distance from the top, still leaving a front wall at H so that paint may be retained in the lower portion of the container.

-Adjacent the top, a plurality of generally U- shaped spring holders I2 are rigidly connected as at I3 to the back wall of the holder l so as to extend horizontally therefrom. Such holders are preferably of resilient wire and each is adapted to mount a different paint brush such as that suggested at B. It is clear that the construction may be built to accommodate any desired number of the paint-brushes B. Where more than one paint brush is to be accommodated, a separate compartment I4 is provided for veach brush which extends from the back wall above the low front wall II to the bottom wall, being marginally secured liquid-tight to the bottom wall. front and rear wall, thereby providing a separate well l5 for paint which-may drip from each of the brushes B.

The attachment is adapted to be removably applied to a conventional paint can C and to that end the back wall centrally at the top may have a hook it to engage the upper edge of the paint can and may also have a metallic clasp wire I! fastened to the back wall at l8. The wire I1 is resilient and extends more than so that it may be readily en aged and disengaged with the paint can and function to hold the attachment A upright and relatively stable.

Particular attention is called to the fact that the attachment accommodates a number of paint brushes and catches the drip from them in such a manner that the paint will not intermix but will be maintained separate in the wells l5. Such paint may be dipped from the wells as it accumulates and be used and thus will not be lost or require mixture with other batches, such as is the case where the different colors of paint admix.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A structure of the class described comprising a container, means to suspend a plurality of paint brushes in the container, a separate well under each means to catch the paint from the brushes held by the respective suspending means, whereby such paint will not admix, said container having a relatively low front wall, partition means providing the wells and extendins above said front wall, a hookat the rear of said container for engagement with a paint can, and a clasp element for engagement with the paint can secured to the container below the hook.

2. A paint can attachment comprising a container composed of back, side, front and bottom walls, said front wall being substantiall shorter than the other walls, partition walls in the container dividing the interior of the container into a plurality of brush receiving compartments, said partition walls rising substantially above the said front wall, a paint can edge embracing hook at the upper edge of the back wall, and a paint can embracing member at the lower portion of said back wall.

ISAAC MELON OLLER. 

